Álvaro Cunhal
Also Known As: Manuel Tiago
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Coimbra, Portugal
Adult: No
Birthday: November 10, 1913
Age: 111 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 13, 2005
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Álvaro Cunhal: A Vida de um Resistente
Overview: Biographical documentary about Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal (1913-2005), lider of the Portuguese Communist Party for over half a century, living in clandestinity during the "New State" dictatorship. Divided in two parts: "What To Do?" and "The State And The Revolution", produced in 2005 and released on DVD in 2006 to commemorate the first year of Álvaro Cunhal's death.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-07-08
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Good Portuguese People
Overview: Using film and television footage taken during the revolutionary movement of April 25, 1974 in Portugal, and mixing it with music and live interviews with common people, the director conveys a vivid account of the period in which a military coup evolved to a socialist revolution, then was tempered into a formal European style democracy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-11-18
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Deus Pátria Autoridade
Overview: The history of Portugal since the Republican revolution of 1910 to the revolutionary period following the military coup of April 24, 1974, recounted with a marxist perspective, using historic sound and film documents. The title refers to a trilogy of values proclaimed by Salazar, prime minister of Portugal in 1936.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-02-21
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As Armas e o Povo
Overview: Film directors with hand-held cameras went to the streets of Lisbon from April 25 to May 1, 1974, registering interviews and political events of the Portuguese "Carnations Revolution", as that period would be later known.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Alvaro Cunhal
Overview: A personal biography of the leader of the PCP (Portuguese Communist Party) seen through the eyes of those who were close to him and those who studied his trajectory and thought.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Portugal: Carnations Against Dictatorship
Overview: In Portugal, during the night of April 24-25, 1974, a peaceful uprising put an end to the last government of the Estado Novo, the authoritarian regime established in 1933 by dictator António de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970), paving the way for full democracy: a chronicle of the Carnation Revolution.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2024-04-16
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Festa do Avante! 1984
Overview: A film about the 1984 Festa do Avante
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Original Language: pt
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